CNO Financial Group, Inc.

CNO Financial Insurance Life

CNO Financial Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.5 billion, up 0.85% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−8.64%
EPS
+628.1%
Free cash flow
+7.63%
Total debt
+19.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

56.35 1.38 −2.39%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
12.6×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
1.24%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) Return on equity

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CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.9%, up 8.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.90%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.67% (fiscal 2018) to 17.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Insurance Life industry median of 8.47% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 8.90% (8.89)
FY2024 17.8% 3.91
FY2023 13.9% (4.06)
FY2022 17.9% 7.32
FY2021 10.6% 4.68
FY2020 5.94% (4.23)
FY2019 10.2% 17.84
FY2018 −7.67% (11.43)
FY2017 3.76% (4.55)
FY2016 8.31% 2.18

Against its own ten years

Low −7.67% High 17.9%
Ten-year median 8.90%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 31.2%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. 16.9%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 10.1%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 9.12%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 8.67%
UNM Unum Group compare 2.25%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 0.57%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 0.00%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 8.47%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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